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Case Study: The Boathouse Agency achieves $405K annual operating-cost savings with Claris FileMaker Platform
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Custom app helps The Boathouse save $405k annually in operating costs
The Boathouse Agency, a lean advertising and film studio founded by Aram Rappaport, faced rapid growth that exposed the limits of an ad‑hoc mix of spreadsheets, paper, and off‑the‑shelf software. Scattered, siloed information and inefficient communication across its New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles offices made coordination costly and threatened the agency’s goal of keeping more creatives than administrators.
The agency built three custom apps on the FileMaker Platform to manage pitches, calendars, project workflows, client approvals, and field feedback across Macs, iPads, and iPhones. The apps give a unified, real‑time view of work, let one project manager handle what would have required six, and save roughly $405K annually—freeing budget to hire top storytellers and keeping the focus on creative work.
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The Boathouse Agency
Aram Rappaport
The Boathouse Agency